Men of God and men of war have strange affinities.
CORMAC MCCARTHYThe closest bonds we will ever know are bonds of grief. The deepest community one of sorrow.
More Cormac McCarthy Quotes
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It’s not about knowing who you are. It’s about thinkin you got there without takin anything with you. Your notions about startin over. or anybody’s. You dont start over. That’s what it’s about. Every step you take is forever. You can’t make it go away. None of it.
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But there are no absolutes in human misery and things can always get worse.
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When you die it’s the same as if everybody else did too.
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The trouble with a liar is he can’t remember what he said.
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He said that those who have endured some misfortune will always be set apart but that it is just that misfortune which is their gift and which is their strength.
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It is supposed to true that those who do not know history are condemned to repeat it. I don’t believe knowing can save us. What is constant in history is greed and foolishness and love of blood.
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Ever step you take is forever.
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Somewhere in the world is the most invincible man. Just as somewhere is the most vulnerable.
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Probably I dont believe in a lot of things that I used to believe in but that doesnt mean I dont believe in anything.
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There is no later. This is later.
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You fix what you can fix and you let the rest go. If there ain’t nothin to be done about it it aint even a problem. It’s just a aggravation.
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You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.
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I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am.
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Anything that doesn’t take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.
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Deep in each man is the knowledge that something knows of his existence. Something knows, and cannot be fled nor hid from.
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